Military Aid

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which countries have hosted a British Military Advisory Training Team since 2007; and in each such case on what dates and at what costs.

Andrew Robathan: holding answer 22 October 2012
	British Military Advisory Training Teams are small military teams based permanently within the country where they are delivering military training and advice. The following table also shows other permanent small military teams that have delivered similar effect since 2007.
	
		
			    Operating costs 
			 Country Organisation Dates Year £ million 
			 Czech Republic British Military Advisory Training Team 2000-present 2007-08 (1)3.0 
			    2008-09 2.9 
			    2009-10 2.2 
			    2010-11 2.3 
			    2011-12 2.3 
			      
			 Ghana British Military Advisory Training Team Until 2010 2007-08 1.4 
			    2008-09 1.4 
			    2009-10 (2)0.4 
			      
			 Jordan British Military Advisory Training Team 2010-present  (3)— 
			      
			 Kenya British Peace Support Team (East Africa) 2000(4)-present 2007-08 2.8 
			    2008-09 3.1 
			    2009-10 2.8 
			    2010-11 2.5 
			    2011-12 2.5 
			      
			 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Royal Naval Liaison Team 1986-present  (3)— 
			      
			 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia British Military Mission to the Saudi Arabian National Guard 1964-present  (3)— 
			      
			 Kuwait British Military Mission 1992-present  (3)— 
			      
			 Libya Defence Advisory Team January 2012-present 2012 (5)1.1 
			      
			 Nigeria British Military Advisory Training Team 2008-present 2007-08 (6)2.0 
			    2008-09 0.9 
			    2009-10 0.6 
			    2010-11 0.8 
			    2011-12 0.9 
			      
			 Oman British Loan Service Team 1970s-present  (3)— 
			      
			 Qatar British Loan Service Team 2009-present  (3)— 
			      
			 Sierra Leone International Military Advisory Training Team 2000-present 2007-08 12.0 
			    2008-09 6.8 
			    2009-10 7.0 
			    2010-11 6.8 
			    2011-12 4.8 
			      
			 South Africa British Peace Support Team (South Africa) 2003-present 2007-08 0.9 
			    2008-09 0.6 
			    2009-10 0.7 
			    2010-11 1.3 
			    2011-12 1.4 
			      
		
	
	
		
			 United Arab Emirates British Loan Services Team 2001-present  (3)— 
			 (1) Annual budget allocation. Costs include a small element of training provided by external teams. (2) Costs for completing training courses and extraction of team. (3) Host country pays. (4) Originally established as British Army Training Team (Kenya). (5) Annual platform costs and operational costs. (6) Last year of BMATs predecessor organisation—the British Defence Advisory Team, Nigeria.